The mental edge: In the ring, individual punches don’t win fights. Punches have to be intelligently combined to quickly deliver attacks in unpredictable sequences and toward unanticipated targets. The fighter must also be agile enough to change combinations to overcome an opponent’s defensive or offensive maneuvers. A fighter who can dish out unpredictable attacks and dictate the tempo of the fight will have a significant advantage as s/he keeps the opponent off-balance. Read more…